Interactions in Ecology
An area that includes all of the biotic and abiotic factors that an organism will encounter
habitat
The establishment and development of an ecosystem in an area that was previously un inhabited.
Primary Succession
An example of density-dependent limiting factor.
Competition
Plant community that contains both short and tall grasses as the main contributing plant spcies to the environment.
Grasslands
Strip of land between high and low tides
Intertidal zone
The physical, chemical, and biological factors that an organism needs to survive and stay healthy
Niche
The re-establishment of a damaged ecosystem where soil was left in tact.
Secondary Succession
An example of density-independent limiting factor.
Natural disaster
Plant community that contains both evergreen and deciduous trees.
Forest
Shallow area of ocean that contains 40 x more biomass than the rest of the ocean
Neritic zone
An event where two species compete for the same resources and one species will be better suited and the other will relocate to another niche or become extinct.
Competitive exclusion
The first organisms that live in a previously uninhabited area.
Pioneer species
Exponential growth.
Plant community that contains evergreen trees, winters greater than 6 months, and animals with heavy fur coats
Taiga
What is the largest photosynthetic organism in a coral reef
zooxanthellae
________ occurs when one organism captures and feeds on another organism, where as __________ is an interaction between two different organisms in which one is benefited and the other is harmed.
Predation/ Parasitism
Firest
The maximum number of individuals in a species that a particular habitat can support.
Carrying capacity
Contains low lying plants or mosses and winters are greater than 10 months
Tundra
World's simplest multicellular organism that is made on the coral reef
sponge
When a long-nose bat feeds on cactus fruit and helps to spread the cactus seeds
mutalism
The sequence of biotic changes that transforms a wetland into an area dominated by peat forming plants like sphagnum peat moss.
bog sucession
The factor that has the greatest effect at keeping down the size of a population.
limiting factor
Another name for the shrubland surrounding the Mediterranea area with hot dry summers and cool winters
Chaparral
Location where a fresh water river flows into the ocean
estuary